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Posted on: The New Site and the Guided Plan
June 6, 2008 at 6:47 AM

Maybe I am slow, but I can't find the Facebook App that was spoken of.

Posted on: Chicago
May 13, 2008 at 3:37 AM

That is interesting, autie. 14635: I prefer Gino's East! I know it's become sort of gentrified lately, but I really enjoy Wicker Park. The little neighbourhoods of Chicago are so much better than the "touristy" parts like NP. I feel that Chicago is generally cleaner than NY, and I don't think NY is as dirty as everyone claims. I enjoy both cities greatly, but Chicago will always have my heart.

Posted on: Chicago
May 10, 2008 at 6:26 PM

AH! Chicago <3. I live in IL not far from Chicago. I'm there so often it feels like home to me. I love the place. The food in China town is sooo good, btw. I have a funny story regarding Chicago's Chinat Towne as well: I went to eat with a few of my friends, and the server handed everyone chopsticks but me, me being the only non Asian in the group. It was very odd and it embarassed me. Thanks to ChinesePod, I was able to say, "I want chopsticks, please!" It also seems to me that a lot of people in Chicago's China Town speak Cantonese rather than Mandarin.

Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
May 8, 2008 at 3:34 AM

OH! My name is Jamie, btw.

Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
May 8, 2008 at 3:30 AM

I tried chosing my own Chinese name and came up with: 家没 My Chiense friends insist that it's no good. =[ they've labled me: 吉米

Posted on: Are you OK?
May 8, 2008 at 3:20 AM

I embarassingly admit that, after two months, I'm still not fully sure the diffference between "zhende" and "zhen." Is there one? Are these interchangable?

Posted on: I want to buy this one
March 13, 2008 at 1:50 AM

Ken is right. Making a pun about bread/dough/money is a loaform of entertainment.

Posted on: What's Your Name?
March 12, 2008 at 5:53 AM

Well, I'm not totally sure. It was in a telephone txt conversation. I didn't understand her txt message, and replied "shenme." Her reply was, "...when you just said 'shen me' in Chinese to someone like that is not really nice." I was just trying to clarify what she meant. 谢谢，你！

Posted on: What's Your Name?
March 11, 2008 at 9:25 PM

I've recently had someone from China tell me that saying just "shenme," like we would say "What?" in China is not polite. Why is this?